Musing about today’s news

Here are some random thoughts. 1. Twenty years ago only 2% of guns owned in this country were assault weapons. Now 20% of all guns are assault weapons. There were twenty million weapons in the country then, now there are forty million. The NRA has screwed America.

2. Joe Biden’s intelligence people stated that Russia has had more than 100,00 casualties and Putin is afraid Ukraine will break through Russia’s trenches. Take that Republicans.

3. Some 100 or so very conservative Republicans in the House have declared that Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Pathetic, sickening, idiotic, and it’s a sign the GOP is drifting away.

4. Trump sexually assaulted Jean Carroll and everyone knows it. He went to his golf course in Ireland while the trial was going on. The walls are closing in on Trump and he deserves all of it.

5. There is a lot of talk about the debt limit. It happens almost every year the Republicans control one or both of the chambers of Congress. An increase in the debt would not authorize any new federal spending. It would only allow borrowing to pay for what Congress has already approved. Joe Biden has said he will negotiate government spending if Congress will take the risk of default off the table. For three years, Trump increased the debt limit without a whimper and Republicans were eager to spend money. Give me a break. Kevin McCarthy cares little for this country. He only wants to keep his job.

6. In a recent survey just 18% of Americans said they had a great deal of confidence in the Supreme Court, down from 26% in 2021. Getting rid of Roe v. Wade didn’t help. And then there is Clarence Thomas.

Ralph S. Brax

Lancaster